Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone conducts a mass in honor of the election of Pope Francis, the first Pope from South America, on March 14, 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)
Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday, March 13 after eight months of fruitless talks with management centered on wage and benefit issues. Violinist Suzanne Leon (left) is in her 23rd season with the symphony, and says that management should value musicians' experience and ability. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)
On March 12, Berkeley held its customary, highly popular, Persian New Year Festival, the Chahar Shanbeh Suri, on Durant Avenue. One of the key elements of the celebration is jumping over fire. The tradition is seen as a cleansing ritual, bidding farewell to winter and burning away negativity. (Kaia Diringer/Berkeleyside)
Part of a flock of about 30 wild turkeys that invaded and took up residence in an Albany neighborhood in December 2012. As more and more wild creatures set up housekeeping in Bay Area cities and suburbs, some residents are getting tired of squirrels eating their bird food. (Dan Brekke/KQED)
On Friday, the City College of San Francisco submitted a report to an accreditation agency detailing how the school plans to address a host of financial and administrative concerns. If the college loses accreditation, the state would withdraw funding, leaving City College essentially bankrupt. During a protest on Thursday, Eric Blanc asked protesters to raise their hands to show how many of them had entered San Francisco City Hall. The protesters asked Mayor Ed Lee to "save city college" by committing to further funding the school. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)
Amanda Williford, curator and reference archivist for the 
Butterflies collected from Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) lands will be among the materials on display at an open house Friday and Saturday at the 
Kennedy Lady Eagles Raven Caldwell had to be carried off the court by her coaches in her 
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In January, the private aerospace firm won a nearly $20 million NASA contract to build one of its habitat modules for attachment to the International Space Station. The module is expected to be deployed in 2015 for a two-year technology demonstration. In recent years, NASA has been supporting lower-cost, smaller missions which utilize technologies and hardware from private spaceflight companies such as Bigelow and Space X. (Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)